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Counterflow horizontal, right side down - drain setup
What is going on
Drain trap and hose setup for a counterflow furnace laid on its right side. Needs at least 5.5 in clearance under the trap.
Check in this order
- Keep at least 5.5 in clearance beneath the drain trap.
- Use the factory hoses where needed; remove the clamps to free them.
- Remove the drain trap and the factory drain tube assemblies.
- Remove two 1 in plugs from the right cabinet side.
- Drain the collector box from outside the cabinet, feed the non-grommet end of hose #7 through the back drain hole and clamp it to the collector drain port with a silver clamp.
- Drain the vent elbow insert the straight barbed coupling into the vent-drain elbow drip leg and secure with a red clamp.
- From outside the cabinet, feed the non-grommet end of hose #8 through the front cabinet drain hole and clamp it to the vent-drain elbow barb with a red clamp.
- Secure the trap to the furnace with the two sheet metal screws supplied in the cabinet.
- Connect the field drain to the trap outlet per the field drain section.
Applies to: Counterflow horizontal, right side down
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Source: Goodman GMVC96 service manual, p. 23-24. Written in our own words; check the manual for your exact model.
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